-- On March 29, Kompakt will release GuteLuft, the new album from electronic veteran and the Orb member Thomas Fehlmann. The album comes from Fehlmann's work doing music for the German TV show "24H Berlin", in which camera crews followed Berliners around for a 24-hour period.

-- The long-running indie Shrimper will celebrate its own 20th anniversary with the April 10 release of Smooth Sounds: Various Artists Play the Future Hits of WckrSpgt. On this double-CD tribute album, artists like the Mountain Goats, Sentridoh, Jad Fair, and Amps for Christ will cover brand new songs from the lo-fi punk band WckrSpgt.

-- The third annual supremely noisy DNA Test Fest will go down April 3 at the Baltimore club Sonar. This year's bill includes Pissed Jeans, Psychedelic Horseshit, Home Blitz, Religious Knives, and Sightings.